The President of Türkiye's Supreme Electoral Commission Ahmed Yener announced in the capital Ankara late at night on the 28th that, according to the preliminary vote count, current President Erdogan defeated his opponent in the second round of the presidential election held on the 28th and was re elected president. Yenner said that based on the vote count of 99.43% of the ballot boxes, Erdogan won 52.14% of the vote, while the opposition camp's candidate for the "National Alliance", Klechidarauru, received 47.86% of the vote. The second round of voting in Türkiye's presidential election began at 8:00 local time on the 28th, and Erdogan and Klecdaloglu launched the final contest. According to the data released by Türkiye's Supreme Electoral Commission, there are about 64.1 million registered voters in Turkey, including about 3.4 million registered voters abroad. The second round of voting for overseas voters ended on the 24th of this month. The official vote counting results are expected to be announced by the Supreme Electoral Commission in the form of an official communiqu é on June 1st. Erdogan delivered a speech that night thanking voters for their support and expressing his willingness to live up to their trust. He also promised to work hard for the next centenary of Türkiye's founding. Türkiye held presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, and Erdogan and Klochdaroglu finally entered the second round of presidential elections with 49.52% and 44.88% of the votes respectively. The "People's Alliance", which is composed of the ruling Justice and Development Party and the opposition National Action Party led by Erdogan, won 323 seats in the 600 seats of parliament. The president of Türkiye has a five-year term, and the election adopts a two round voting system of direct popular elections. In the first round of voting, if no candidate receives more than half of the votes, the top two candidates with the highest percentage of votes will participate in the second round of competition. (New News Agency)